Directed by:
Richard MarquandScreenplay:
Stanley MannCinematography:
Alan HumeComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Donald Sutherland, Stephen MacKenna, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Faith Brook, Patrick Connor, Ian Bannen, Rik Mayall, Bill Nighy, David Hayman (more)VOD (2)
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Based on the best-selling novel by Ken Follett, this searing mystery is a roller coaster ride of suspense, centering on the relationship between a master spy and a brave womanwith the fate of the world hanging in the balance.Englishmen know him as Faber, but to the Fatherland, he's the lethal spy known as "The Needle." On his way back to Germany, Faber is shipwrecked on an island outpost where he befriends Lucy, a beautiful Englishwoman who lives there with her family. Lonely and scorned by her bitter, crippled husband, Lucy falls for the enigmatic stranger, not knowing that he's atraitor determined to prevent the D-Day invasion. But as their passion erupts, Lucy discovers the brutal truthas love and war melt into an electrifying climax of eroticism, adrenaline and terror! (official distributor synopsis)
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Colin Rix
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Philip Martin Brown
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Barbara Ewing
New Zealand
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Bill Fraser
UK
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John Paul
UK
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David Ashton
UK
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